Lower Columbia Regional Cancer Center
Research
 

2008 Annual Report & Statistics

Use the links below to access the Lower Columbia Regional Cancer Registry reports and statistics for the period of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008:

Cancer Data
Management Services
 		 Five Most Common
Sites		 Incidence and Stage
Comparison
Age and County
 		 Class of Case Definitions Accreditation (PDF)
ACOS – Press Release (PDF) Other  

Cancer Data Management Services is the connecting link between the Cancer Committee, Cancer Conference and the Patient Care Evaluation process, and provides a resource for cancer data upon request. The registry staff is composed of one Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) and one Registry Technician.

The majority of daily activities are focused on meeting the requirements of the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons for an accredited cancer program through the following activities:

  • Data collection
    • 629 analytic cases and 14 non-analytic cases were abstracted for the year 2008.
  • Quality management of data
  • Development and maintenance of registry policies and procedures
  • Statistical reporting
  • Timelines in data reporting to NCDB* and WA State
  • Initiation of TNM staging for all appropriate cases
  • Successful 94% current follow-up rate of all analytic cases from our reference date of 1975
  • Successful 96% current follow-up rate for all analytic patients within the last 5 years
  • Provide data for patient care evaluation studies.

Membership in the Washington and Oregon State Cancer Registrar Associations and the National Cancer Registrar Association provides the opportunity for keeping abreast of the latest information related to the profession.

Committed to a quality cancer program, continuing education of registry personnel is supported and encouraged by the St. John Medical Center Administration.

*National Cancer Data Base, American College of Surgeons

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Five Most Common Sites (PDF)
Showing the five most common sites of cancer diagnosis by sex, and the stage in which they were detected.

Incidence and Stage Comparison (PDF)
Showing the incidence of cancer treated at Lower Columbia Regional Cancer Center compared to Washington State and the USA.

Age and County (PDF)
Showing the age that cancer was detected, and statistics on the county that the patients were from.

Class of Case Definitions (PDF)
Showing variables about where patients were diagnosed and treated.

Other

ACOS – Press Release Dated January 13, 2006 (PDF)
The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons has granted its "Three-Year Approval with Commendation" to the Lower Columbia Regional Cancer Center (LCRCC) at St. John Medical Center.

Colon Cancer  (PDF)
Article from HouseCalls 2004 on the most preventable kind of cancer

Gastrointestinal Cancer Care  (PDF)
Article from HouseCalls 2004 by Dane Moseson with a Focus on GastroInestinal Cancer

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